dilaberentur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dilabor, dilabi, dilapsus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
run/flow/slip away, spread (liquids); dissolve/melt away, disperse (clouds);; fall apart/to pieces; disintegrate; break down (body), collapse/decay/perish;; flee/escape; scatter, fall into confusion; be lost; go to ruin; pass (time);
pl. imperf. subj. 3rd
Examples
- C
Lysander
Cornelius Nepos
"...nisi in eo occultasset voluntatem, futurum, ut Thasii dilaberentur consulerentque rebus suis *** Itaque hi decemviralem illam potestatem..." - T
Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...longaeque uiae—ut est mollis ad talia gens—dilaberentur aut subsisterent, cohibentem. primi, qua modo praeirent duces..." - T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...vallo quidem ac fossis freti dilaberentur in oppida, situ urbium moenibusque se defensuri. Postremo oppida quoque vi expugnare..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...extremo iam die sua quisque in tentoria dilaberentur. profectus eadem nocte Flavianus obviis Vespasiani litteris discrimini exemptus..."